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A Literary Figure Or a Behavioral Reaction! Bagh-e Nazar, 17(82), 59-68 /Apr. 2020 DOI: 10.22034/bagh.2019.176139.4049 Persian translation of this paper entitled: اصطﻻح ادبی یا واکنش رفتاری!، »انگشت َگزیدن« در ادبیات و نقاشی ایرانی is also published in this issue of journal. A Literary Figure or a Behavioral Reaction! A Review of “angosht gazidan” * in Iranian Literature and Painting Ahmad Zare Abarghouei1, Seyyed Abbas Zahabi**2, Malek Hosseini3, Hadi Samadi4 1. PhD in Philosophy of Art, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. 2. Assistant Professor, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. 3. Assistant Professor, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. 4. Assistant Professor, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Received: 25/03/2019 ; revised: 13/07/2019 ; accepted: 25/07/2019 ; available online: 20/03/2020 Abstract Problem statement: Surprise, shame and guilt are considered to be human emotions. Reactions to these emotions are subject to biological and cultural issues. Looking at the Iranian art and literature in the context of history, it seems that one of the reactions of amazed and regretful people in the Iranian culture has been angosht gazidan, as it can be found numerously in ancient Iranian texts, ancient poetry, and painting. Since this reaction can only be seen in the cultural history of Iran, it should be attributed to the specific culture of Iranians. Research objective: The objective of this research is to find the historical course of angosht gazidan in Iranian literature and painting and examine whether this reaction has been derived from the behavioral reaction of Iranians. Research method: This research applies the descriptive-historical method by reviewing library sources and documents to study the term angosht gazidan in ancient Persian literature and painting. It is tried to select and study at least one literary and artistic sample related to the subject from each century. The sample will be compared to the biographies of travelers about the behavior of Iranians who visited Iran during these years in an emotional state to find out whether the gesture is a literary figure or a behavioral reaction. Conclusion: Angosht gazidan is merely a literary term. It has never had any real manifestation in the Iranian society. None of the travelers who wrote about Iran and Iranian culture in the context of history have mentioned this reaction in their behavior. The poet has benefited from this metonymy for exaggeration and its beauty. This has made it inclusive throughout the Iranian literature. The association between Iranian literature and painting has led to the depiction of this gesture and its objective presentation in the painting. Keywords: Iranian literature, Iranian painting, Literary figure, Behavioral reaction, Angosht gazidan. ** Corresponding author: [email protected], +989124063115 ........................................59. .. ........... ........ ....... .......... The Scientific Journal of NAZAR research center (Nrc) for Art, Architecture & Urbanism A. Zare Abarghouei, et al Introduction has occurred in Iranian societies in the course of Culture is effective in determining countless human history. To this end, examples of this expression will be issues. Cultural influences shape human thinking and examined in Iranian historical and literary documents behavior. To the extent that they influence behavioral such as poetry, ancient literary texts, and painting to responses to emotional situations that seem to be clarify when it was formed in Iranian literature and how completely unconscious and uncontrollable. For it appeared in Iranian painting. Referring to travelogues example, by reflecting on the reactions that a surprised related to the designated historical periods in the person may show – such as raising eyebrows, opening Iranian Plateau, it will also be examined whether this the mouth, pausing, and rounding the eyes – and the expression was solely visible in literature and painting similarities in different cultures, these reactions appear or it was recorded by the travelers as a behavioral to have biological roots, similar to other gestures that response in the Iranian cultural context. appear on the face of an anxious and scared person. However, it should be borne in mind that, even in Research Background these similar cases, there are primitive ethnicities that In an article titled “An Analysis of the Function are different from others. For example, some of the of Non-verbal Communications in Shahnameh” Melanesians in the Independent State of Papua New published in Persian Language and Literature, Guinea consider the gestures of a fearful person as Ghasemzadeh, Saffari, and Alinaghi (2018) concluded those of a threatening person (Crivelli, Russell, Jarillo that the representation of body language of Shahnameh & Fernández-Dols, 2016, 12403). This suggests that characters was designed to arise reflection on the culture can influence the representation of reactions. individual and social behavior patterns of Iranian and However, these reactions are similar and sometimes non-Iranian ethnicities in recognition of Iranian cultural identical, at least in a some part of human societies, to identity. the extent that researchers who follow the biological It was then closer to metaphor and symbolism. In the theory think that they are inherent. Nevertheless, article titled “Analysis and Decoding the Nonverbal there are other reactions and gestures that are purely Communication in Sadis Boostan” published in the conventional and symbolic and are clearly influenced Bustan-e Adab journal, Nikdarasl and Ahmadianipai by cultures. “Therefore, some non-verbal actions may (2016) concluded that Saadi was well aware of the be culture-specific and different in other cultures or use of non-verbal communication in the form of body have different manifestations. For example, upward language and functions of objects language – such as thumbing in Western culture is often a sign of victory, gifts and assets, clothing and jewelry – and paralanguage but the same concept is shown with raised pointing elements – such as tone, spoken language, etc. finger in Iranian culture” (Ghasemzadeh, Saffari & Being aware of their impact and linking them to the Alinaghi, 2018, 163). Angosht gazidan seems not to speech, Saadi has made more sense in his poetic space. be a biological phenomenon. It is entirely subject to To date, there has been no comprehensive research cultural issues specific to Iranian culture because it is on angosht gazidan in Iranian painting as a merely only observed the cultural geography of Iran. Thus, literary figure or a behavioral reaction. The results by examining this expression in the context of Iranian of such research may be useful in the fields of history, it will be clear how long it has come into being psychology, art history,and literature. ........... in Iranian literature and painting and how long it has lasted. The next point to note is whether the expression Research Method .......... was adapted from Iranians’ behavior in times of This study, which is a fundamental research in terms ........ excitement or it was merely a literary figure. To answer of purpose, attempts to clarify the gesture of angosht ....... this question, one has to find out whether this reaction gazidan as a surprise reaction in the context of the ...... .... ..... .................. ............................................................. 60 The Scientific Journal of NAZAR research center (Nrc) for Art, Architecture & Urbanism ........ Bagh-e Nazar, 17(82), 59-68 /Apr. 2020 history of Iranian art and literature. The research that emotional expression is inherent and universal” was conducted through the descriptive-historical (Harris, 1995, 18). Then, if angosht gazidan is to be and correlational method. Research data on painting, considered as an innate action, one of its prerequisites psychology, literature, and art were extracted from will be its universality. Looking at other societies in library and documentary sources through observation the context of history, it will be clear that this term and taking notes. In this regard, it has been attempted does not exist in any culture other than Iran’s. Some to study at least one literary and artistic piece from researchers believe that angosht gazidan is some kind each century related to the subject and compare them of non-verbal behavior. “One of the metaphors used to the travelers’ accounts of the Iranians’ behavior in in the literature that is based on nonverbal behavior is emotional states. In this way, it could be found out angosht gazidan and biting the dorsal side of the hand’ whether the term was merely a literary figure or a that shows one’s regret. Sometimes angosht gazidan behavioral response of Iranians to emotional situations. may indicate surprise”(Nikdarasl & Ahmadianipai, 2016, 188). However, it should be remembered that Angosht gazidan and behavioral reactions gestures such as raised eyebrows, open eyes and mouth In Iranian culture, the term angosht gazidan means “to at the time of surprise are also non-verbal gestures on be amazed, astonished, to sigh and regret” (Dehkhoda, the face (Reisenzein, Meyer & Schützwohl, 1996, 4). 1998, 3590-3591). There are many theories about “Facial reactions exist in all emotions” (Franken, 2005, human emotions. Some have considered “anger, 410). These gestures have innate roots, but angosht disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise” to be the
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